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Separatists extend five-month long shutdown in Kashmir Valley by a week

Separatists on Wednesday extended the near about five-month long shutdown by a week even as the unrest is showing signs of fatigue with people defying the strike calls and increasing their activity.

Nov 30, 2016, 21:20 PM IST

Kashmir unrest: Separatists meet stakeholders, say agitation to continue

The separatist camp on Tuesday announced that it will continue the agitation in the Valley after holding seven-hour consultations with "stakeholders" here to chalk out the future course of action.

Nov 09, 2016, 00:20 AM IST

Students demanding reopening of schools is uprising against separatists: Union minister Jitendra Singh

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday claimed that reports of students hitting the streets in the Valley demanding reopening of educational institutions is an "uprising of children versus the uprising of separatists".

Nov 06, 2016, 04:17 AM IST

All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader meets Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit

The situation in unrest-hit Kashmir, which continued to be curfew-free for third day on Tuesday, was by and large peaceful.

Oct 18, 2016, 17:58 PM IST

Kashmir shut for 83rd consecutive day as separatists issue another weekly protest calendar

The Kashmir Valley on Thursday remained shut for the 83rd consecutive day with heavy security deployment in Srinagar and other parts as the separatists have issued another weekly protest calendar extending the shutdown till October 6.

Sep 29, 2016, 10:58 AM IST

Separatists extend Kashmir shutdown call by one more week

Seeking to keep the pot boiling, separatists on Wednesday extended by one more week the shutdown in Kashmir which has already paralysed normal life in the valley over the last past 82 days.

Sep 28, 2016, 23:38 PM IST

Curfew relaxed for six hours in J&K's Kishtwar district

Authorities today gave a six-hour relaxation in curfew that was imposed on Sunday in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir following a stone pelting incident triggered by arrest of three separatists.

Sep 27, 2016, 21:04 PM IST

Slap in the face for militants, separatists! 25,000 Kashmiris apply for Special Police Officers

Defying militant threat and the separatists call, thousands of youth across Kashmir have turned up to fill 10,000 posts of Special Police Officers (SPOs) despite the ongoing unrest which has claimed 82 lives.

Sep 25, 2016, 15:28 PM IST

Curfew in some parts of Kashmir

Curfew remained in force in parts of Kashmir, including in some areas of Srinagar, on Sunday in view of the separatists call for a march to the three districts of Bandipora, Ganderbal and Shopian, even as normal life in the Valley remained disrupted for the 72nd straight day.

Sep 18, 2016, 12:37 PM IST

Separatists getting Rs 50-60 lakhs through 'hawala' every month to fuel protests in Kashmir

As Kashmir continues to remain tense, it has been learnt that the separatists are receiving funds through the 'hawala' route.

Sep 16, 2016, 16:14 PM IST

Kashmir remains shut for 70 consecutive days

Curfew like restrictions were imposed by authorities in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley on Friday to prevent separatists called protests.

Sep 16, 2016, 09:41 AM IST

Kashmir unrest: SC to hear PIL against Centre's funding to separatists

Advocate ML Sharma had filed the plea which seeks to stop funding on separatists for foreign travel and the government spends other expenses as more than 100 crore on them.

Sep 14, 2016, 08:52 AM IST

Protest march called by separatists foiled in Srinagar

Authorities foiled a protest march called by separatists on Tuesday to the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) here by imposing a curfew.

Sep 13, 2016, 18:34 PM IST

Government should tighten its grip over separatists who are causing trouble in Kashmir: Ramdev

The Central government should deal strictly with the separatists spreading unrest in Kashmir, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said today.

Sep 11, 2016, 15:07 PM IST

Fresh clashes erupt in J&K's Pulwama; at least 62 injured

Fresh clashes erupted between security personnel and protestors at Karimabad village in Pulwama district of Jammua and Kashmir on Sunday.

Sep 11, 2016, 11:24 AM IST

Separatists should have put across 'roadmap' to all-party delegation: Mehbooba Mufti

Separatists should have put across an implementable roadmap for resolution of Kashmir issue instead of shying away from meeting the all-party delegation and being "caught in darkness", Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has said.

Sep 10, 2016, 15:18 PM IST

Separatists fuelling violence: BJP's Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, BJP's pointsman for Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday took a tough line on the current unrest in the valley, asserting that militants will be dealt with firmly and accusing the separatists of fuelling violence.

Sep 07, 2016, 22:47 PM IST

Did not take Hurriyat leader's refusal to meet as insult: Yechury

Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Wednesday that he did not take Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's refusal to meet him and others as an insult.

Sep 07, 2016, 21:40 PM IST

Separatists ask children to fight bullets, pellets, teargas but themselves fear a policeman: Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday hit out at the separatists for "spoiling" the youth of the Kashmir Valley.

Sep 06, 2016, 21:23 PM IST

Kashmir unrest: Rajnath Singh slams separatists, says their behaviour not 'Kashmiriyat'

At least 74 persons have been killed and over 12,000 injured in Kashmir.

Sep 05, 2016, 23:15 PM IST